RELATED PARTNER PUBLICATIONS
National Health-Care Initiative
YouthBuild Philadelphia in partnership with YouthBuild USA recently published a manual for programs wishing to launch or refine their health-care training and exploration tracks. The manual can be downloaded as a PDF at YouthBuild USA's new health-care training resources page (click the link above).
YouthBuild USA Summer 2008 Bulletin
This bulletin contains a nice feature article about YouthBuild Philadelphia's extensive community service programming, as well as a collection of photos of YouthBuild students from the past three years. Click the link above to download (PDF).
YouthBuild USA Highlights, 2007
Since 1994, 76,000 YouthBuild students have produced more than 17,000 units of affordable housing in 226 of America's poorest communities. Learn about YouthBuild's major highlights for 2007 by clicking on the link above (PDF).
PYN 2006 Annual Report
2007 alumna Shardell Martin was featured in Philadelphia Youth Network's (PYN) 2006 annual report (page 4). The report is available for download on PYN's website (click the link above).
Project U-Turn
Project U-Turn is a citywide campaign (launched in 2006) to focus on the city's dropout crisis and to design strategies to resolve it. The website includes download links for several reports and articles about the out-of-school youth crisis.
Making Good on a Promise
This report (published in 2006) by Jobs for the Future explores the national out-of-school youth problem, and puts forth new insights and solutions.
Life After YouthBuild
In September 2003, researchers at Brandeis University and Temple University (including YouthBuild Philadelphia's current Board Chair, Dr. Erin McNamara Horvat and Board member Dr. James Davis) completed Life After YouthBuild, a study on almost 900 YouthBuild graduates, designed to find out their progress and how they evaluate their YouthBuild experiences.
YouthBuild USA Knowledge Bank
Contains research papers, articles, speeches, media and information about YouthBuild-related issues. |
